S 577
109th Congress
Senate
Health
All terrain vehicles
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Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Horses
Labor and Employment
Motorcycles
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Skiing
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Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works
HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 9, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2392-2393)
Mar 9, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group health coverage from denying benefits or coverage otherwise provided under the plan for the treatment of an injury solely because it resulted from participation in a legal mode of transportation or recreational activity.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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